Taylor v. Board of Supervisors

Citations

• 86 Va. 506
• 10 S.E. 433
• 1889 Va. LEXIS 61

Syllabus

<p>1. Construction of Statutes—Acts 1881-’82, page 467—Case at bar.—In its order made under said act, and directing the submission of the question whether or not the county should subscribe to the stock of a company proposing to build its railroad through the county, the county court failed to state the maximum of subscription and the number of miles the road was to be built through the county: held, such failure does not invalidate the order nor the proceedings under it.</p> <p>2, Amendments to Charter— Subscriptions.—Subscriptions to a company’s capital stock are not released by unacted-upon amendments to its charter.</p>